Game



L. D. KROFF Jan. 7, 1936.

GAME

Filed Oct.

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Application October 6, 1934, Serial No. 747,223 s claims. (o1. v273-93) This invention relates to games, and more particularly to devices for simulating the playing of base ball, or similar games, those having a conventional eld for players.-

Generally stated, the object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved construction and arrangement whereby a simple and easily understood device is provided, for simulating the playing of base ball, or some similar game, having a rotary disk that the player whirls or spins, and having a movable member cooperating with said disk, with the indications on the latter, and with stationary indications on the top wall or covering upon which the field is pictured, to indicate the results of each play.

It is also an object to provide certain details and features of construction and combinations tending to increase the general efficiency and desirability of a game device of this particular character. 1

To the foregoing and other useful ends, the invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a game device embodying the principles of the invention, with a portion of the top wall thereof shown broken away to show a portion of the rotary disk below, and with certain other portions that are located below said top wall shown in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section on line 2-2 in Fig. 1 of the drawing;

Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section on line 3--3 in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

As thus illustrated, the invention comprises a base I having a top wall 2, below which is mounted the rotary disk 3 having the radial columns, preferably eight, of indications 4 as shown, on the upper surface thereof. This disk is provided with a toothed wheel 5, rigid therewith, and a sheet metal actuator 6 is pivoted to the base at 1, being formed at its free or distal end with upturned side flanges 8 and 9, the latter preferably curved outwardly at its end, for engagement with said toothed wheel in the manner shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing. A spring I0 is hitched at one end to the actuator at II, and at the other end to a pin I2 on the base. A flexible cord I3 extends through the side wall of the base to the point II on the actuator, and by pulling on this cord the actuator will be disengaged from the toothed wheel 5, causing the disk 3 to rotate in the direction indicated by the arrow I4 in Fig. 1 of the drawing. The disk will spin freely, until it stops of its own accord, or until the actuator 6 is returned to its normal position. When the actuator is thus in normal position, the disk is locked against rotation in either direction, by the engagement of the flanges 8 and 9 with the teeth of the wheel 5, in the manner shown.

The flat member I5 is formed of a transverse slot I 6, and with a flangelike handle I1 at one edge of the slot, this hat member being slidable endwise in guides I8 formed in the top wall of the base. Adjacent the opening I9, formed in the top wall of the base, under which the member I5 ls slidable endwise, are indications 20 as shown, between parallel lines extending at right angles to the endwise movable member I5, and the latter is slidable to bring the slot I6 opposite the space between any two lines of the indications 20, during the playing of the game, depending'upon the condition of the latter.

As shown, the field 2|, and the indications on the top of the disk 3, and the indications 20, will be recognized as those belonging to the vgame called base ball, and the players using this device will take turns in whirling the disk, and the different plays and conditions of base ball will be simulated. However, it is obvious that the disk 3- and the movable member I5, in combination with suitable indications, in place of those shown, can be employed to simulate the playing of other games, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In playing the game, obviously, the string or cord I3 is pulled and the actuator B is held in position away from the wheel 5 by the cord, per-y mitting the disk 3 to spin freely in one direction, counter-clockwise, and when the pull on the cord I3 is relaxed, the actuator again engages said wheel, but without abruptly stopping the rotation of the disk, as such stoppage is accompanied by a back lash, so to speak, resulting in some clockwise rotation of the disk before it comes to rest. In this way, obviously, it is impossible to pick a play, so to speak, as by pulling the cord the disk is out of control, cannot be stopped at some particular point desired by the player, and must finally come to rest of its own accord, thus preserving the desired element of chance in playing the game.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a game device provided with a top wall having a game eld pictured thereon, a movable member on said top wall, stationary indications disposed at intervals along the path of travel of said member, said memberk having an opening therein, which opening can be disposed opposite any one of said indica.-

tions, by movement of said member and its opening bodily, a rotary disk below said wall, suitable indications in fixed position on said disk, and means for causng the disk to spin freely, so that it is free to rotate and stop of its own accord, to prevent picking of a play, the indications on the disk being observable one at a time through said opening, depending upon the position of the latter.

2. A structure as specified in claim 1, said member comprising a flat plate, guides on said top wall for the longitudinal edges of said plate, said opening being in the form of a slot extending transversely of said member, said top wall having an opening exposing said member, for a portion of the length of the latter, and said stationary indications being arranged in series along the longitudinal edge of said last-mentioned open- 3. A structure as specified in claim 1, said member comprising a flat plate, guides on said top Wall for the longitudinal edges of said plate, said opening being in the form of a slot extending transversely of said member, said top wall having an opening exposing said member, for a portion of the length of the latter, and said stationary indications being arranged in series along the longitudinal edge of said last-mentioned opening, and the transverse opening in said movable member being substantially the same in width as the series of spaces occupied by said fixed indications.

4. A structure as specified in claim l, said member being a flat plate of greater length than width, with an upturned flange at one edge of the opening in said member, forming a handle by which to move the member endwise, and said top wall having a straight opening of greater length than Width for exposing said member, the length of the latter being such that both end portions thereof are always covered to some extent by said top Wall, but the opening in the latter being long enoughto permit the positioning of the opening in the movable member opposite any one of the said stationary indications.

5. A structure as specified in claim 1, said iixed indications comprising the words Batter up at the first position, the words Man on 1st base at the second position, the words Man on 2nd base at the third position, the words Man on 3rd base at the fourth position, the words Man on 1st and 2nd at the fth position, the words Man on 1st and 3rd at the sixth position', 5 the words Man on 2nd and 3rd at the seventh position, and the words Bases full at the eighth position.

6. A structure as specified in claim 1, said fixed indications comprising the words Batter up at 10 the first position, the words Man on 1st base at the second position, the words Man on 2nd base" at the third position, the words Man on 3rd base at the fourth position, the words Man on 1st and 2nd at the fth position, the Words Man 15 on 1st and 3rd at the sixth position, the words Man on 2nd and 3rd at the seventh position, and the words Bases full at the eighth position, and the indications on the disk being arranged in radial columns, with each indication occupying a 20 space tranversely of its allotted column, and each column being of the same length as the series of stationary indications on the top Wall.

7. A structure as specified in claim l, said means for causing the disk to spin freely com- 25 prising a pivoted actuator and a ratchet Wheel, the latter being rigid with the disk, and a spring for returning the actuator to normal position, and means for enabling the player to operate the actuator, the relative formation of said actuator and 30 Wheel being such that the disk is caused to rotate counter-clockwise when the actuator is pulled out of engagement with the Wheel.

8. A structure as specified in claim l, said means fo-r causing the disk to spin freely comprising a pivoted actuator and a ratchet wheel, the latter being rigid with the disk, and a spring for returning the actuator to normal position, and means for enabling the player to operate the actuator, the relative formation of said actuatorand wheel being such that the disk is caused to rotate counter-clockwise when the actuator is pulled out of engagement with the wheel, and the relative formation being also such that the disk has more or less rotation in a clockwise direction when the actuator is caused by said spring to again engage the wheel.

LEONARD D. KROFF. 

